General Planeswalker Deck design challenge!
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Laz
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I like this thread. I know what I am doing this week (it is probably spending 5 tickets on the cards on MODO then trying to convince one of you guys in Skype to test the decks with me).
Geomancer's Eruption - 
Sorcery - Rare
~ Deals 3 damage to each creature or each planeswalker.
Search your library and graveyard for a Koth planeswalker card and put it into your hand.
Echoes of the Hammer -
Enchantment - Uncommon
: Target mountain you control becomes a 4/4 red elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land.
If you control a koth planeswalker, land creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.
Seismic Strike or Spitting Earth as common reprints, OR
Tectonic Shift -
Sorcery - Common
Choose one:
-Search your library for a mountain card, reveal it, then put it into your hand.
-Untap target mountain. Until end of turn, it becomes a 4/4 red elemental with haste. It's still a land.
This is fun! I went through like four different uncommons but without changing the rare away from slagstorm (A card I identify as Koth's) it was hard to make a creature that could live through it without having a paragraph of text. I made some mountains-matter cards, but decided they weren't really "kothy" enough so stuck with the 4/4 elemental theme. The enchantment's ability is probably a little too good when it lines up with multiple mountain animations, honestly. Echoes of the Kin Tree was one of my favorite cards from Dragons of Tarkir!
Sorcery - Rare
~ Deals 3 damage to each creature or each planeswalker.
Search your library and graveyard for a Koth planeswalker card and put it into your hand.
Echoes of the Hammer -
Enchantment - Uncommon
: Target mountain you control becomes a 4/4 red elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land.If you control a koth planeswalker, land creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.
Seismic Strike or Spitting Earth as common reprints, OR
Tectonic Shift -
Sorcery - Common
Choose one:
-Search your library for a mountain card, reveal it, then put it into your hand.
-Untap target mountain. Until end of turn, it becomes a 4/4 red elemental with haste. It's still a land.
This is fun! I went through like four different uncommons but without changing the rare away from slagstorm (A card I identify as Koth's) it was hard to make a creature that could live through it without having a paragraph of text. I made some mountains-matter cards, but decided they weren't really "kothy" enough so stuck with the 4/4 elemental theme. The enchantment's ability is probably a little too good when it lines up with multiple mountain animations, honestly. Echoes of the Kin Tree was one of my favorite cards from Dragons of Tarkir!
Consult the Demonwalker -
Sorcery - Rare
As an additional cost to cast ~, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy up to one target creature.
Search your library and graveyard for a Nixilis planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Chattel of Nixilis -
Creature - Human Soldier - Uncommon
When ~ dies, you gain 2 life.
When a Nixilis Planeswalker card enters the battlefield under your control, if Servant of Nixilis is in your graveyard, you may return it to the battlefield tapped.
2/2
Pain Beyond Measure -
Instant - Common
Target creature gets -4/-1 until end of turn. If that creature is dealt damage this turn, destroy it.
Nixilis has a crazy backstory, but from the BFZ lore articles featuring him, he seems to still see himself as a conqueror-type. I like to think he built empire-like civilizations while conquering other planes, and that some idolize him as some kind of god or demigod. A plane (or more) he "owns," with some of its peoples wholly devoted to his existence. Seems demonic enough.
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Kindle the Pyromancer -
Sorcery - Rare
~ Deals five damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
Search your library and graveyard for a Chandra planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Disciple of Nalaar -
Creature - Human Monk - Uncommon
First Strike, Prowess
If you control a Chandra planeswalker, ~ gains prowess. (Instances of prowess stack)
1/3
Reprint of any of the fire-based burn spells works here- incinerate, pillar of flame, flames of the firebrand/chandra's fury. Chandra only really does one thing so it's hard to come up with a new common card she would cast herself.
Burning Shield -
Enchantment - Aura - Common
Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, ~ deals 2 damage to that creature and enchanted creature.
I like Chandra well enough, even if she is a massive stereotype.
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Channel the Elder -
Sorcery - Rare
Search your library and graveyard for a Bolas planeswalker card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Choose One:
- Gain control of target creature
- Destroy target noncreature permanent
Herald of Bolas-
Creature - Imp Wizard - Uncommon
Flying, Deathtouch
As long as you control a Bolas planeswalker, ~ is indestructible.
1/2
(See those absurd comics of the little welp/imps following Tezzeret around for Bolas and getting murdered)
Countersquall, a version of Complete Disregard without Devoid, or similar reprints would work.
Utter Disdain-
Instant - Common
Choose one:
- Counter Target Spell
- Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn
- Discard up to two cards, then draw a card for each card discarded this way.
"Big Splashy Planeswalkers" immediately got my attention from the announcement, because I'm the biggest Timmy I know. Bolas has been my favorite pw card since I learned of it, and only Ugin has come close.
Ok ok I'm done. There are probably a ton of formatting mistakes or I've misjudged some pricing in my posts but it's so fun to design with walkers in mind that I don't care!!
Sorcery - Rare
As an additional cost to cast ~, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy up to one target creature.
Search your library and graveyard for a Nixilis planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Chattel of Nixilis -
Creature - Human Soldier - Uncommon
When ~ dies, you gain 2 life.
When a Nixilis Planeswalker card enters the battlefield under your control, if Servant of Nixilis is in your graveyard, you may return it to the battlefield tapped.
2/2
Pain Beyond Measure -
Instant - Common
Target creature gets -4/-1 until end of turn. If that creature is dealt damage this turn, destroy it.
Nixilis has a crazy backstory, but from the BFZ lore articles featuring him, he seems to still see himself as a conqueror-type. I like to think he built empire-like civilizations while conquering other planes, and that some idolize him as some kind of god or demigod. A plane (or more) he "owns," with some of its peoples wholly devoted to his existence. Seems demonic enough.
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Kindle the Pyromancer -
Sorcery - Rare
~ Deals five damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
Search your library and graveyard for a Chandra planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Disciple of Nalaar -
Creature - Human Monk - Uncommon
First Strike, Prowess
If you control a Chandra planeswalker, ~ gains prowess. (Instances of prowess stack)
1/3
Reprint of any of the fire-based burn spells works here- incinerate, pillar of flame, flames of the firebrand/chandra's fury. Chandra only really does one thing so it's hard to come up with a new common card she would cast herself.
Burning Shield -
Enchantment - Aura - Common
Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, ~ deals 2 damage to that creature and enchanted creature.
I like Chandra well enough, even if she is a massive stereotype.
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Channel the Elder -
Sorcery - Rare
Search your library and graveyard for a Bolas planeswalker card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Choose One:
- Gain control of target creature
- Destroy target noncreature permanent
Herald of Bolas-
Creature - Imp Wizard - Uncommon
Flying, Deathtouch
As long as you control a Bolas planeswalker, ~ is indestructible.
1/2
(See those absurd comics of the little welp/imps following Tezzeret around for Bolas and getting murdered)
Countersquall, a version of Complete Disregard without Devoid, or similar reprints would work.
Utter Disdain-
Instant - Common
Choose one:
- Counter Target Spell
- Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn
- Discard up to two cards, then draw a card for each card discarded this way.
"Big Splashy Planeswalkers" immediately got my attention from the announcement, because I'm the biggest Timmy I know. Bolas has been my favorite pw card since I learned of it, and only Ugin has come close.
Ok ok I'm done. There are probably a ton of formatting mistakes or I've misjudged some pricing in my posts but it's so fun to design with walkers in mind that I don't care!!
Domri's Raid -
Sorcery - Rare
Look at the top 6 cards of your library and reveal a creature card. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player. Put it into your hand.
Search your library for a Domri planeswalker card and put that card into your hand. Shuffle your library.
(I really want this to be an instant, but that seems potentially too strong.)
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Raider's Cache -
Artifact - Uncommon
, : Proliferate.
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature that attacked this turn.
As long as you control a Domri planeswalker card, creatures you control have haste.
(A Fires of Yavimaya/Curse of Stalked Prey variant with the ever-desired Proliferate rider. Could this be better?)
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Rubblebelt Burial Trial -
Instant - Common
Put a creature card from your graveyard on the top or bottom of your library. Draw a card.
(A Fossil Find/Vengeful Rebirth variant. It might be too strong for common, but I honestly only really put any thought into the first two card. It's based loosely around the Gruul clan trial by burial that awakened Domri's planeswalker spark.)
Sorcery - Rare
Look at the top 6 cards of your library and reveal a creature card. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player. Put it into your hand.
Search your library for a Domri planeswalker card and put that card into your hand. Shuffle your library.
(I really want this to be an instant, but that seems potentially too strong.)
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Raider's Cache -
Artifact - Uncommon
, : Proliferate.At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature that attacked this turn.
As long as you control a Domri planeswalker card, creatures you control have haste.
(A Fires of Yavimaya/Curse of Stalked Prey variant with the ever-desired Proliferate rider. Could this be better?)
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Rubblebelt Burial Trial -
Instant - Common
Put a creature card from your graveyard on the top or bottom of your library. Draw a card.
(A Fossil Find/Vengeful Rebirth variant. It might be too strong for common, but I honestly only really put any thought into the first two card. It's based loosely around the Gruul clan trial by burial that awakened Domri's planeswalker spark.)